The...
Tamara... de Lempicka...
Suite...
At... the...
Grand Hotel... et de Milan...
Was... restful...
Once again... I am transported to that moment in time... when one comes "face à face"... so to speak with an icon... "l'esprit Lempicka"... by staying in the very suite she stayed in... which was named after her...
Spellbound....
By the... beauty....
Of the... glass art...
At... the...
"MURANO - FRAGILE"...
"Chefs-d'œuvre de verre de la Renaissance au XXIe siècle"...
Exhibition... at the...
Musée Maillol...
I was... reminded...
Of a... hazy morning...
In... Venice...
"Le Brésil"...
Was... buzzing with...
"Inspiration Brésilienne"...
Excitement... Energy...
A... Mardi Gras...
A... Carnaval...
At the Bon Marché exhibition... in Saint Germain...
L'Hôtel Montaigne...
Is the... perfect...
Hot... spot...
For a... business breakfast...
Lunch...
Teatime... or a...
Cool... cocktail...
With... a friend...
or... lover...
It's... elegant...
Chic...
"Intime"...
Musée... du...
Quai... Branly...
"An exotic...
mise-en-scène...
In... the worst taste"...
I... agree...
It's... hideous...
"CHAGALL...
Entre... Guerre...
Et... Paix"...
Between... War and Peace...
An... exhibition...
At... the...
Musée du... Luxembourg...
Organised by the... Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais...
NATURALIA...
"Sur.. la route de"...
The... way to...
Our... favourite...
Health food market... in Paris...
NATURALIA...
Shopping... there...
Immediately... transports one into a world of...
Harmony... tranquillity...
Equilibrium...
"Dans... les pas de...
Marie... Curie"...
Following...
In the... footsteps of...
Marie... Curie...
During an hour and a half watching... a film-documentary on her life journey...
I was enthralled... and in complete awe of this...
Amazing... woman...
Fascinated...
SOL... Semilla...
Bar... Cantine...
A... Vegan...
Resto... boutique...
In the very heart... of the lovely Canal Saint-Martin... à Paris...
A... restaurant...
Of... tiny proportions...
Le Bar des Artisans... owned by Jean François Hämmerie... is a tiny "intime" voyage into exotic far away places...
"January... is the...
Loneliest... month...
Of... the year"...
Read the heading of the... "journal de jour"...
Our beautiful... elegant... Christmas tree...
Has been... dismantled...
The festive décor... banished down the "cave"...
The postman delivers envelopes... full of bills rather than... coveted glamorous Christmas gifts...
Neighbours... bickering...
Sons and daughter are off to their... "Lycée... université"...
"I... love Paris... in... the Winter...
I... love Paris... in... the Fall"...
Ella... Fitzgerald...
Warbled...
In her... inimitable voice...
"Ella... aime Paris en hiver...
Mais... malheureusement"...
That was... the Paris of the past...
Today... it is different...
The "City of Light"... is undergoing...
"Une grande... malaise"...
A Christmas… Chestnut...
A nut… I adore...
On a bitter cold day... à Paris... wrapped up in furs...
While walking towards... our favourite kiosk... in Saint Germain des Prés...
We became aware... of a familiar...
Much loved scent… of chestnuts which were being…
Roasted… toasted...
Over a smouldering fire... on a large toasting pan with holes in the centre...
Emanating a smoky... seductive aroma...
Paul…
A… boulangerie...
Foundée en… 1899...
Which… we frequent...
Particularly…
On a wet… rainy day...
Like … today...
Paul… is the passionate commitment of...
The Holder family… who have become famous in France… and globally...
For maintaining the traditional… labour intensive methods of bread-baking that has been handed down generations…
The... "big freeze"...
Is on... its way...
Flurries of... snow... hail...
Will be... upon us...
For the foreseeable... near future...
We're so... hoping... dreaming...
For a... "Noël blanc"...
A very... white...
White... Christmas...
With carriages... in the snow...
Paris... is icy...
Snow is edging... its brilliant whiteness...
In our... direction...
It's a cold cold European winter... they forecast...
Fur... ("faux")... is a must...
Wrapped up... like...
Warm... muffins...
We head to the mega-stores... "les grands magasins"...
Le Bon Marché...
Printemps...
Galeries Lafayette...
For pre-Christmas... window-"store"-shopping...
Ladurée... "Enfin"...
One of our best-loved... "Salon du Thé"...
On the... Champs-Élysées...
Has re-opened... its elegant portals to its...
Adoring... "clientèle"...
"Et... Voila"...
An oasis... of complete luxury...
"L'Été... Indien...
à... Paris"...
We've been experiencing... the rays of...
A... thousand sunshines...
Which have blessed us... with an Indian summer...
In mid... "presque"... winter...??
Therefore...
It had to be the... "terrasse" of the...
Café de Flore...
An amazing... experience...
Happened...
On our way... to an exhibition...
Upon... alighting...
From... the metro at the...
Bastille... station...
We came upon... a group of...
Musicians...
"Zut... alors"...
Saturday... morning...
Paris...
Is in a... foul mood...
Seriously... raining...
Cloudy... with gales blowing...
It's wet... wet... wet...
"Où vas-tu"?
A... gypsy...
At... heart...
Having lived... like a nomad...
In many... varied exotic lands...
I immediately identified... with the exhibition at the...
Grand Palais...
"Bohèmes... de Léonard de Vinci à Picasso"...